Introduction to Quartus® II

CHAPTER 17: DOCUMENTATION & OTHER RESOURCES
GETTING ONLINE HELP
Getting Online Help
The Quartus ® II software includes a platform-independent Help system that
provides comprehensive documentation for the Quartus II software and
more details about the specific messages generated by the Quartus II
software. You can view Help in one of the following ways:
To search through a list of Help topics by keyword Click Index on the Help
menu to perform a search with the Index tab.
To search through the full text of the Help system Click Search on the Help
menu to perform a search with the Search tab.
To search an outline of Help topic categories Click Contents on the Help
menu to view the Contents tab.
To add topics to your Favorites list Open the Quartus II Help topic that you
want to add to your list of favorite topics. Click the Favorites tab and then
click Add to add the topic to your Favorites list.
To view help on a message Right-click the message on which you want to
receive Help, and click Help. You can also use the Messages command on
the Help menu for a scrollable list of all messages.
To get Help on a menu command or dialog box Press F1 from a highlighted
menu command or active dialog box for context-sensitive Help on that item.
To find a definition of a term Click Glossary on the Help menu to view the
Glossary list.
! Working with Help Topics
To print Help topics from the Contents tab, right-click the Help folder or individual
Help topic that you want to print, and choose Print or click the Print button on the
toolbar. If you select a Help folder to print, you can choose to print all the topics in
the folder. You can also use the Print command or Print button to print any
individual Help topic you are viewing.
To search for a keyword in an open Quartus II Help topic, press Ctrl+F to open the
Find dialog box, and type the search text, and then click Find Next.
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